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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 03.12.2013 20:54, schrieb Jonathan:<br>
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Also, drones or remote control planes etc are not currently
regulated, to my knowledge, but they soon will be and it will
make things much harder.<br>
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Regulations are so different that it is impossible to make a blanket
statement. At least in some European countries keeping the drone in
sight is required so that you, in an emergency can avoid a collision
or abort (implies that you need manual control as a fall back). What
is working for us, is that it is completely possible to build a
working system that weighs less than 1kg (the swinglet is <
0.5kg), and fly at ~100m, reducing potential damage and conflicts to
a minimum. Further, particularly if you are looking at DIY
solutions, the airframe itself is essentially disposable (aka the
cheapest part of the drone) so crashes don't hurt so much.<br>
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From a data privacy pov the situation seems to be less dramatic than
it could be. Germany as the country that was one of largest
regulators wrt StreetView seems to have no issues with imagery with
up to 10cm/pixel "resolution".<br>
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Simon<br>
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